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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, open the stadiums with a simple message, if you’re worried about catching a cold then if you enter it’s at your own risk.
We are all adults and this children that attend have been given permission by an adult. Simples really.
If people are worried then stay away.
As I said, football generates income in many businesses up and down the land on a weekend, not just within the ground.
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As I understand it (unless it's been changed) then each of the clubs gets something like 70/80% of the online ticket price for any tickets bought from their platform. So if we sold 1500 iFollows for Scunny away, that would go to us. If Bratfud sell 5,000 iFollow tickets, then they keep the money. This was a bone of contention with Accrington Chairman Andy Holt when games were put on iFollow as he saw it as taking money from the home team, and him running a club with small gates who rely more on away fans. We're in the reverse position of having a good away following that subsidises other clubs who probably don't bring many to us. I think the only net bigger (than we took to the return game) followings at BP last season would have been maybe Plymouth and Oldham.
Interesting challenge for the club will be to try to harness iFollow, not only for the revenue, but as a way of just getting more people in North East Lincs watching Town and feeling connected to the club. Could we see drive-in or socially distanced watch parties with big screens and food stalls? Perhaps not. Maybe use social media to get fans to post pictures of them watching at home, or prepare packs of flags, posters and Town gear to send to Pubs and Clubs where people might be watching. If the club can't get people into BP, it should take BP out to the people. Would also be a great way of showing the players that the whole town backs them even though we're not allowed to fill the ground.
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I think that in a years time this virus will be treated like any other but for now it’s a case of trying to survive the huge economic downturn that it has brought with it
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, open the stadiums with a simple message, if you’re worried about catching a cold then if you enter it’s at your own risk.
We are all adults and this children that attend have been given permission by an adult. Simples really.
If people are worried then stay away.
As I said, football generates income in many businesses up and down the land on a weekend, not just within the ground.
The issue with that approach is that it overlooks how human transmissible viruses work. You and I may not be worried about catching the viruses in terms of the risk to our own personal health, but what about all of the potentially more vulnerable people we go on to encounter? It’s not necessarily about who contracts the virus while at the match, but rather about how those individuals spread it thereafter. I don’t disagree about all of the third-party businesses that closing stadiums impacts - the same is true of all of the small city centre businesses reliant on office workers. The solution just isn’t a simple one. It’s not just about the grounds themselves either, but also how people get there. Blundell Park is a more straightforward case; few people are cramming themselves onto packed public transport to get to the game, but that’s not the case for many other stadiums. It does perhaps lean towards a more tailored solution based on the unique logistics of each ground rather than a one size fits all approach. Simple, though, it is not. |
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No point missed, I just think it is irrelevant when big awaydays fall in this fixture list as we wont be attending them. Seats will be like gold dust at grounds with reduced capacity with home fans getting full allocation maybe into next season too.
I think you missed the point...
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The issue with that approach is that it overlooks how human transmissible viruses work. You and I may not be worried about catching the viruses in terms of the risk to our own personal health, but what about all of the potentially more vulnerable people we go on to encounter?
It’s not necessarily about who contracts the virus while at the match, but rather about how those individuals spread it thereafter.
I don’t disagree about all of the third-party businesses that closing stadiums impacts - the same is true of all of the small city centre businesses reliant on office workers. The solution just isn’t a simple one.
It’s not just about the grounds themselves either, but also how people get there. Blundell Park is a more straightforward case; few people are cramming themselves onto packed public transport to get to the game, but that’s not the case for many other stadiums.
It does perhaps lean towards a more tailored solution based on the unique logistics of each ground rather than a one size fits all approach. Simple, though, it is not.
I agree. As an example, every time the sun comes out, Cleethorpes is filled with thousands of visiting Yorkshire people who live in areas that have a much higher rate of infection, and yet the local transmission rate is still quite low, and its more than likely because everyone is in the open air. Yes there are people in shops etc but as long as rules are adhered to, hands are washed when necessary, it goes to prove that virus transmission can be as controlled as possible until a vaccine makes an appearance. Open air BP cant be any more dangerous than passing a queue a mile long outside every chippy in Cleethorpes where its impossible to socially distance. If people want to wear a mask for their own safety, let them, but strict adherence to any R+R's within the ground would have to be followed. |
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Last match of the season away to Cambridge my nearest game.
If the virus has gone and we are one point from promotion that's going to be a cracking game with town fans outnumbering home ones.
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The issue with that approach is that it overlooks how human transmissible viruses work. You and I may not be worried about catching the viruses in terms of the risk to our own personal health, but what about all of the potentially more vulnerable people we go on to encounter?
It’s not necessarily about who contracts the virus while at the match, but rather about how those individuals spread it thereafter.
I don’t disagree about all of the third-party businesses that closing stadiums impacts - the same is true of all of the small city centre businesses reliant on office workers. The solution just isn’t a simple one.
It’s not just about the grounds themselves either, but also how people get there. Blundell Park is a more straightforward case; few people are cramming themselves onto packed public transport to get to the game, but that’s not the case for many other stadiums.
It does perhaps lean towards a more tailored solution based on the unique logistics of each ground rather than a one size fits all approach. Simple, though, it is not.
But your scenario relates to every other form of human interaction. We cannot hibernate. We can go to the pub if we want to. We go to the shops. We go to work. Football should allow in those fans that want to go, restrict the numbers and if we must wear masks and just get on with it. |
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When you look at most of the things you can do now, not being able to attend a football match is ridiculous.
I can go to the pub and bump into drunken people. I can dine out and even get it half price some days! I can ride on a rollercoaster and I can watch a game of cricket. I can even go swimming now but letting people watch football is far more dangerous than any of that.
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